Autographic register



L. JENSEN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Sepf. 22, 1936.

` Filed June 8, -1954 2 Sheets-Sheet l Sept. 22, 1936. 1 JENSEN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filled June 8, 1954 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Sept. 22, 193

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2,055,293 AUToGRAPHIo REGISTER" Louis Jensen, Chicago, 111.,.assignor to United Autographic Register Co., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application .lune 8, 1934 Serial No; '729,693

5 Claims. (Cl. 282-21) This invention relates particularly to autographic registers wherein forms of continuousform stationery may be filled'in, and the completed sets fed forwardly over the platen by means of a hand-operated feeding and aligning mechanism. j

VThe primary object of the invention is to provide an autographic register of simple construction wherein the strips are automatically tensioned when they are moved into'writing position.

The invention is illustrated in a preferredV embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which- V` Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an autographic register embodying the invention; Fig.2, a longitudinal sectional View of the machine, taken as indicated at line 2 of Fig. 4; Fig. 3, a'fragmentary sectional view showing how the pushrod retracts the register-pins; Fig. 4, a broken front end elevational view of the machine; Fig. 5, a broken side elevational View showing the crank and front end of the machine; Fig. 6, a broken sectional View of the lower feed-roll shaft, showing the clutch for operating the initial feeddevice; and Fig. 7, a vertical sectional view of the tensioning-device taken as indicated at line 'I-l of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment illustrated, A designates a register-casing; B, a platen which is partially enclosed. by a skeleton-cover B; C, `a feeding and aligning-device equipped with a restarter mechanism C; D, a tensioning-mechanism; and E, mechanism for releasing the tensioning-device and throwing the initial feed-device into operative engagement with the stationery.

The casing A may be of the usual construction having a sheet-metal base Il] provided with legs I I and side-walls I3 which provide a supply-compartment accessible to a door I4 pivotally connected to the side walls at I5. The front end of the supply-compartment is provided with a wall l S to prevent a supply-packet of stationery I'I from coming into contact with the feeding and aligning mechanism. The platen B may be rigidly connected with the side-walls of the casing and it is partially enclosed by the skeletoncover B which is pivotally connected to the casing at I8.

The front end of the cover B is provided with a housing I9 and is held down in position by means of spring-held hooks 20. The front end of the housing I9 may be sharpened to provide a tear-off edge 2I. The stationery II is led from the supply-compartment around a guide-roll 22 at the rear of the platen and is led forwardly, in interleaved relation with carbon strips 23, to the feeding and aligning mechanism C, in the well-known manner. The stationery is provided with the usual register-perforations 24 which cooperate with the feeding and tensioning mechanism, as will vbe explained below.

The'feeding and aligning mechanism C is similar to that shown in my Patent 1,666,385, issued April 17, 1928, and briefly comprises an upper feed-roll 25, which isjournaled in the housing I 9 and geared to a lower shaft 26. The shaft 26 is provided with a pair of rigidly connected narrow feed-disks 2 which are in transverse alignment with the longitudinal series of perforations 2d in the strips l'i. When the shaft 25 is rotated by means of a hand-crank 26a the strips will ,be fed forwardly until the registerperforations reach the feed-disks, whereupon the disks will rotate idly, In order to secure initial feed of the stationery a re-starter wheel C is provided with an opening of larger diameter than the shaft 2 6 and is loosely journaled on the shaft. The shaft 26 is hollow and contains a transversely shiftable'rod 28, which has end-pins 29 2) and 3! which engage a clutch-member 3l and a shift-member 32 respectively. A compression spring 33 urges theV rod 28 to the left, as illustrated in Fig. 6. This action lifts the re-starter wheel C' up against the roll 25 and initiates feed ofthe stationery suiiiciently to permit the feeddisks to 'again engage the strips. A rock-shaft 34,' provided with an operating handle 35, has a finger 36 which engages a screw-thread provided in the shift-member 32 and causes the shaft 28 and clutch-member 3| to be drawn to the right when the crank 262L is rotated to feed out a set of forms.

The tensioning-mechanism D, provided at the rear of the platen, comprises a rock-shaft equipped with a spring di, see Fig. 7, to urge the shaft clockwise as viewed in Fig. 2. The shaft is provided with a pair of upwardly extending` arms l2 on which are telescopically mounted register-pins 63 which are yieldingly urged upwardly by means of compression springs 44. The platen B is provided with slots 45 so that the pins may project up into engagement with the strips il,

and a presser-bar 46 is loosely mounted on upwardly extending pins lia, and serves to press the strips into engagement with the pins 43. Thus it will be understood that when a pair of registerperforations in the strips are engaged by the pins 43, the latter will be drawn forwardly against the influence of spring 4I and the tension will be applied to the strips.

In order to release the strips from the tensioning mechanism D, a rock-shaft ll is provided and has rearwardly extending arms i8 to engage and depress the pins t3 when a forwardly inclined arm 49 is actuated by a push-rod 5i) of the mechanism E. The rod 5&3 is provided with a collar 5I and a compression-spring 52 which urges said rod forwardly. The rock-shaft 35 of the mechanism E is providedat one end with an arm 53 which plished by the mechanism C and C' at the front yof the machine, while the tensioning. mechanism engages the push-rod 546 so that when the operating arm is depressed to throw the re-starter wheel into operative engagement with the stationery, the register-pins 43 will be retracted from engagement with the strips. Thus it will be understood that the feeding and aligning is accomis automatically operative at the rear of the machine, and the lever-mechanism E simultanenusly controls both units.

The foregoing detailed description is given for clearness of understanding only,l andno uri-necessary limitations should be understood therefrom,

but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible in view of the prior art..

What I' claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an autographic register: a casing having a platen over which stationery stri-ps provided with register perforations may be drawn; feeding and aligning means at the front of said platen; tensioning means near the rear of said platen adapted to engage successive register perforations in said strips and yiel'dingly urge the strips rearwardly to tension the same over the platen; and means for throwing said feeding means into operative engagement with said strips and withdrawing the tensioning means from the register perforations. Y

2. Mechanism as specified in claim 1, in which the feeding means includes an initial feed device,

Y and the means for throwing said feeding means into operative engagement. with the strip simultaneously releases said initial feed device and releases said strip fromV the tensioning means.

3. An autographic register comprising: a casing having aY platen over which superposed stationery strips provided with register perforations may be drawn fromthe rear; feeding andv aligning means at the front of said platen. provided with an initial `feed device; tensioning means at the rear of the platen comprising a forwardly movable collapsible pin yieldingly urged upwardly into engagement with said register perforations, and spring means urging said pin rearwardly; and means for throwing said initial feed device into operative position and reti-acting the pin from the perforations.

4. An autographic register comprising: a casing having a platen over which stationery strips provided with register perforations may be drawn from the rear; feeding and aligning means at the fronty of said platen provided with an initial feed device;l a rock shaft near the rear of said platen provided with a. spring to resist forward oscillation thereof; a pair of register pins mounted on saidiv shaft. and yieldingly urged into engagement with said strips so as to intercept said perforations and be rocked forwardly by the strips; and means provided with an operating arm near the front of said platen f'c-r throwing said initial feed device into operative engagement with the strips and retracti'ng the pins from the perforations.

5. An autographic register comprising: a frame having a supply compartment and a top-forming platen over which stationery Ystrips provided with a longitudinal series of register perforations may be drawn from said compartment; tensioning means at the rear of said platen having yieldingly urged pins adapted to engage said perforations Y and urge'the strips rearwardly; feeding and aligningmeans comprising an upper presser roll and a lower shaft having a pair of narrow feed discs yadapted to grip and advance saidcstrips until the perforations reach said discs; a re-starting Wheel loosely mounted on said shaft and having a transversely shiftable clutch adapted to press the wheel against said presser roll; means for shifting said clutch out of engagement with the wheel as the shaft is rotated; and finger-operated means for releasing said tensioning means from the strips and throwing the clutch into engagement with said wheel to initiate feed of said strips.

LOUIS JENSEN. 

